Compliance With The European Society Of Cardiology Prevention Guidelines In Patients at High Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Compliance With The European Society Of Cardiology Prevention Guidelines In Patients at High Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Assiut University

Patients with coronary or other atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and those at high risk of developing cardiovascular disease have been defined as the highest clinical priorities for prevention

Cardiovascular disease prevention programs are designed to reduce patients' morbidity and mortality.the European society of cardiology with other partner societies has engaged in a comprehensive programme of cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice aimed to improve practice of preventive cardiology by encouraging the development of national guidance on cardiovascular disease prevention

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients having signed an informed Consent Patients aged from 18 to 80 years old at the time of identification At least six and at most 24 months elapsed between the index event (the recruiting diagnostic or treatment criteria below) and the date of interview Patients meeting the recruiting diagnostic or treatment criteria: High CVD risk patients: patients free of CVD, who have been prescribed one or more of the following treatments: blood pressure and/or lipid-lowering and/or glucose lowering (diet and/or oral hypoglycaemic agents)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients living outside defined geographical area (Assiut Governorate)